Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LESS ALARMING IS EASTERN SITUATION Trend of Late Information Points That Way. TENSION IS NOT SO STRAINED. {( curing Telegrams From Pert Arthur Ar? Received?Viceroy Alexicff Issues Contradiction of Reported Moves of Japanese Troops. London. Oct. 14.?The trend of today's early information regarding tin? far eastern situation is less alarming. I The Frankfurter Zeituug whose sensational announcement of the occupation of Ma San Pho hy Japan yesterday occasioned disquiet today, publishes a telegram from Shanghai, saying there Is no confirmation of the reported occu- I pation of that place, adding that the Ru?ao-.Iapanesc negotiations at Toklo concerning the evacuation of .Manchuria give tb e Impression that the political situation in Japan is quiet. The Ivoelnlsche Zeitung also prints a reassuring telegram from St. Petersburg repeating a telegram from Port Arthur stating that Viceroy AlexiofI has Issued a contradiction of the reported movements of Japanese troops to Corea. The telegram adds that the reports circulated On the subject are evidently only intended to serve the piypose of speculation and provoke disquietude. A special dispatch from Rome says that 45 Japanese officials who have been studying at the military academies of Modena and Raceoglni. have beon called to Japan by telegraph and immediately started for Drindis! to embark for Japan. Tho meeting of British admirals at Singapore has no connection with anv Bneel.il tnnainn of - "> |..?TOVIII. >MM' Ing in the far cast. The meeting I was announced as far back as Aug. 25, for t.he purpose of enabling tho commanders of the East Indian, China and Australian stations to confer with reference to a general scheme whereby tho throe squadrons can he fused In the event of necessity instea i of each being confined, as heretofore, to tho sphere definitely assigned to its Jurisdiction. It has been arranged that a similar conference shall be held. Not Now So Grave. Berlin, Oct. 14.?The foreign office here now looks upon the situation in ' the far oast as being loss grave. Both Japan and Ituseia ap; "*ar will j ing to arrange a modus vivendi con- j cernlng Corea. which country and not | Manchuria Is the extreme point of . difference. Russia. it is asserto:, would consider It a casus belli wore Japan to lar.d troops at Ma S.m Pho. The foreign office says the London ; Times statement thn' a secret agree- ! ment exists between Croat Britain and ! Germany relative to Cist A-tin >= 1 wholly Incorrect. Thoeorrespondenea ' respecting the convention of 19??0 was : fully published. No Official Confirmation. St. Petersburg. Oct. 1 I.? The foreign office says it has no official confirmation of the reported disembarkation j of Japanese troops at Ma San Pho. | Regarding Manchuria, the foreign office states that the question is at present closed. The existing situation is the fault of the Chine-e. Japanese and ; British. If China desired to reopen the negotiations and accept certain conditions the situation could still ho changed, as Russia not rooted to the oil and could leave if s-im liked. No Need For Alarm. London. Oct 11.?Bare n ITr.ya"ki. the Japanese ministc;- h.ore has :e ive<l rc-asstuing news from Japau vita I reference to the sit latlon Iti H . far cast. He says his to! gram indicates that there 1.-- no n? whatever frr alarm end adds tint the m '.-?a~e was no' a tep'y to anything h<> hid cabled. he tldr' s it w.i pro' i !y sent because <.f ?v? tl.armist rut.nr. which h 'c : 'f'l :<i circulation in K ; rov"* aril which (1iv;ilv rcuiici .Innan. IMWI1IIIll?IB Wl W lllli?II1IIIIIIHII I I ? AND i r^r*\~ Throe or four car? la arc goin^ out almost ?)0)(9) fact that The I'nion c'ass of floods, the v< Sweet Mixed Pickb Cape Cod Cranber Saratoga Chips Baker s Chocol Buckwheat F Imported Si rm i j nc largest single shi 1 (9)?)?) an^ so'' l',c P8?l I (?)(?))(cj) lowest market pr | THE UNION ' "" I I^I'U . wmm WAYCRC S3 MY4TBRY. No Clew to Disappearance of Man ?n< Boy. Way.-os?. Oa.. Oct. 14.?Paul Carve and the 15-year-oUl hoy Will Bledcn who disappeared Saturday night, ar still misting. All day long searching parties hav< been scouring the swamps and poudi north of the city looking for the bod los of the man and bov, hut no clev as to their disappearance has beoi obtained. It Is the general belle here that they left on some of th< trains Saturday night, but many art firmly convinced that they have mo with foul play. When Carver and the boy left th< tlladon home Saturday night both won their working suits. mi mi mi-iii hjuus several 10 oeuevi the foul piny theory. A small negro boy entered a rea taurnut and asked for change for ?2< in currency. The restaurant propria tor questioned him. and the boy tolr htm tliat a negro on the outskirts of flic city sent him to have the nionej changed. When the negro left the res taurant he was followed, but on pass lug a dark alley darted away and was lost in the darkness. Caiver had two $20 bank notes bo sides considerable other cash whet last seen. NEGRO SHOOTS WHITECAP. Assailant Surrenders and Asks Protec tion?Tragedy in Sumter. Ameriens. Oi? Oct. It.?With a bul let through his left lung. John Suggs a well known white fanner living neat Anierii us. lies at the point of death. Andrew Cheney, a negro farmer sur rendered himself to Sheriff Roll Men day afternoon, admitting the shootint of Suggs, and asked protection. In Ills statement Cheney declare, that at mi inight Saturday night a posse of white men attempted to hat ter down liis door in an attempt t< capture him. He relused to open the door, and the onslaught continuing, he flroi! point blank at the pursuing posse wounding Suggs, the others then leav ing. Several hours previous to the attacl on his house Cheney hart n slight dlflfi culty with Walter Bray, another yourp farmer, an l thinks the attacking par ty wanted to inflict punishment upor him for that affair. This is the only story of the trage dy received thus far. CLAIMS REWARD FOR SON. Tom Caruthers Sentenced to Hang Given Up by Parent. Roohelle, Ga.. Oct. 14?The father ol Tom Caruthers, who is under sentence to hang for the murder of Henry Byrd has made application for the reward offored for the captue of the youth The negro was sentenced to haoii on Oct. 1G. He escaped, but was af terwarrts arrested at Hawkinsville. A reward of $ir?o had been offered foi him in the meantime. Now the negro's fatlier is applying for the reward. The sheriff of Pulaski county thlnk.the father Is entitled to it. as the ol. man gave the officers the informatior that led to the arrest of the youth The idea the old negro had was thai the hoy was a fugitive from Justice and was about, to starve to death. an< it would he hotter for him to lie put tr trial even if he hart to hang. Th< old negro thought hanging could not b< as had ns starving. Commissioner Poole Made Judge. Montgomery. Ala., Oct. 14.?R. R Pnolc. commissioner of agriculture oi till;; state and president of the Cotton States Association of Commissioner^ or Agricultiirp, lias been selected as one of the judges of the state fair to b( held at Macon. C.a. Commissionei Poole will leave herp on Oct. 22. Prominent Brazilian Dead. New York, Oct. 14.?ljaron Vascon rollos. a leading lawyer ami memhoi of one of the distinguished families o Rrazil. Is dead, aaye a Herald dispatel from Rio Janeiro. He was a million aire and at one time head of the min !n'ry under Horn Pedro. I~T sl week and two cars already this w< as fast as they come in. We do not Grocery Company strives in every ] a i n ufM service, cie most courteous / es 2 Olive < ries 5 Nort S Ne* I r*. w/< rlour oegetti 2 prnent of TEA ever made to one coi cages whether you drink tea or r.ot, ice REMEMBER GROCERY C wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrmmku i ???fc??iEu bw?W ON HIGH TRESTLE . TROLLEY GARS CRASH l? p Accident on the Chattanooga Rapid Transit Lino. - BLOCK SIGNAL SYSTEM FAILED. 7 1 Accident Occurred Near the Foot of Lookout Mountain?Nearly All on 9 Board the Two Cars Were More or * Less Seriously Injured. ? Chattanooga. Tcnn., Oct. 14.?At 7 ? o'clock this morning two cars on tho Chattanooga Rapid Transit, St. Elmo % line, ran together owing to the failuro of the block signal system to work, h Six persons were seriously and some > perhaps fatally injured, while the two ? cars were wrecked. I Tho accident occurred on a trestle s near tho foot of Lookout mountain, r The following were injured: Motovuiau Oreen. arm broken nnd iuJurod internally, j Conductor Hatfield, badly bruised. Mo tor man Williams, injured" inter. nnlly. t Conductor Sutton, bead and body cut and bruised. Emil Andre, 14 years old. head cut, leg broken, back wrenched and injured internally. Frank P. Swick, passenger, several ribs broken and chest crushed. J Several unknown lariies sustained , broken bones and severe bruises. ! SPEAKS OF MOB LAW. I Address Made by Justice Bischoff, of ; I New York. I New York, Oct. 14.?In an address ! before the Phi Delta Phi fraternity in i this city Justice Bischoff, ol the New York supreme court, has pointed out ? the fact that the spirit which Underlies mob law confronted the patrl1 nrchs of old in the Mosaic law, and is I to bo found underlying the develop, mont of the entire system of erimi. nni Jurisprudence, representing the rebellion of passion against an accuse i ;/ pi rson. Tho must s of lyneliings and . other outbursts. he i I. may bo opit ; omi/.ed in the word? ' Phe Jaw's d <d -iy.' "It is true." lie "1, * fi.it th re i is more or less d< lay i:i the admin lstrntlon of the low wkltli app-irs t . procrastinate, ro that ihe tiir.o i1 lining between a crime and its punish nient seems at times need!:: !y pro loused, but this ir r.e? the fault of tin law or its a !mir.m're.ti n. so much it is the result of conditions which surround the gradual < v .it ion of cur great judicial sy. 'cur. , 'The demands upon th? < .it* anj too great for a . y.-tnn plinn^l to a<II r .mni.xlrdo soarteiy i.r.li the Itliiuss now presented and niching no elastic I provision lor r :i!ar;-:o:l requirements. "Hut it does not follow, because o! k this defect, the delay of justice th it .] the scse "o Is wrong rr tl:"t mob rule ,i h id beMer supplant if nr that there | in j.mtlficifion at any time Icr as; - sissi'iali n in tho name of punishment I of ciini . It is bu a v ie." that should , he heeded by our legislature in providing an elastic, flexible ystero for [ the * n.inist:aticr. of law which will meet every emergency. the measure I r,' speedy exact and unerring Justice I in every <ise." i .'usti e Bisehoff descriln 1 the eoni' riition of the negrces at tiio close of the civil war. their i.ui< tit knowledge : or nineteenth t ivilizatien. their licing 1 "*ft en an impoverished land wihout government aid nr support and their . struggles against the antipathies of the while race. The noith. he sail, . undertook >o educate tho colored peokj pie of whose conditions and limitations 41 they were ignorant, with the result . I of bitterness. "And today," he added, "It is being realized that the best friend of the negro is the south, who can best, too, solve the great question involved in r this discussion." / 1 Austen Chamberlain, the n*\v el/an1 e-ellor of the exchequer, announcet "j that his views on British fiscal policy * i are in accord with those of Premier 1 Balfour. I LL sck oi the clioicc3t and most Reasonable ; say this with any spiiit of brag or hoc purchase to obtain the very best that tt treatment on the smallest margin of pit i FEW OF THE ARRIVE Dil : hern Apples Z w Mackerel S Dd Fish 5 Premium Hams $ Bakers Cocoa I icorri in Union was received at our stor and if you love good tea we feel sure tl OMPANY, a? TELEGRAPHERS' TOURNAMENT . Lightning Stingers To Have Contest of Skill at Philadelphia. Now York, Oct. 14.?Plans liavo been perfoefo<! for a tournament between telegraphers at 'Philadelphia on the afternoon and evenings of Oct. 30 aaid I.?nst May telegrapl^rs of Phila leii phia and New York, comprising tha American Telegraphers' Tournament issociation, elected committees, which have worked unccasinly to bring together the greatest possiblo array of | talent for the competition. Entries fcavo been received from Dallas, Winnipeg. St. Louis, Atlanta, 'Memphis, Now Orleans, Boston, Birmingham, Philadelphia, and many other cities. The cash prizes aggregate $3,000, whllo the jnedals to bo offerod in th? arions classes will be quite valuable. The object of chief interest will b? tho Andrew Carnegie gold medal, which carries with it a cash award of $300 for the most skillful sonder and receiver of Morse. RIOTS IN BUENOS AYRE3. Demonstration Over Politics In South American City Now York. Oct. 13.?A large demonstration against the convention has been nindo, says a Herald dispatch from Buenos Ayres, for the nomination of candidates for president and vica president which will meet Tuesday (today). The convention is composed of notable men, of the republic and its opponents are of tho general public. Mobs in tho street indulged in attacks on the government and Senor Quintann, the official candidate. The protests will continue while the conVolition ? ^ neroiw Ll.v.l ? la (i.^ivunrn'U, ilil HOIlgll II is possible that public feeling may lit heeded and the convention abandoned. 1 The agitation is increasing daily, and < there are indications of more violent ' opposition against Quintana. In a collision between the mobs and the police. several persons were injured. Duty on Commissions. 1 New York, Oct. 14.?-The classification board of United States general appraisers In an opinion written by Judge Somerville. has rendered a decision involving the question of duty on commissions.. Some 2.000 protests of Importers involving practically the ante issue will he settled by the decision if the government aemiiesces in the board's ruling. The board decid- i ed that commissions paid to an agent I as compensation for his services in i purchasing goods are not dutiable; that the seller of goods cannot properly chargo a commission on the sals ] of his own merchandise, and that it is j the duty of customs officers to inquire 1 Into the real nature and rightfulness i f so-ealled commissions or other 1 charges claimed by tho importers to ho non-dutiable. Politics In Sandwich Islands. Honolulu, Oct. 14..?Very little Inter- , st Is being taken In the present political campaign in Kauai where the j homo rule ticket has been withdrawn, , its chances of success being consld[ ared hopeless. The Republican can- ] didates are now the only ones In th? | eld. and the election will be a mere formality. In other counties, how | aver, a more lively convass is in progress, considerable race feeling being manifested. , I injured In Auto Accident. i New York. Oct 1 t?T w i a wealthy Brooklyn merchant, has re- < | ceivei Injuries which are ,lik?ly to ] i prove fatal In the upsetting of his an- | I toniobile which he attempted to turn I about suddenly on a hill. Mrs. Srhwarz i and two friends were thrown out, hut j escaped with hrulses. Schwarx was t caught beneath the machine, which ] burst into flames. He was badly i burned before assistance arrived. , : ; < Review of 40,000 Men. | New York, Oct. 11.?Admiral Alex \ Jeff, the Russian viceroy, has held a > ] review of Io.o.m men of the Wang i Tung army, says a Herald dispatch f:< m Port Arthur. After the review the viceroy gave a banquet, at which ] the greatest enthusiasm was maul ( tested. THE GROCERIES. We arc not buying s\ but in genuine gratitude to a fair ui nr.ey and experience can buy, and in pel jfit that an honest and logitimite businei lLS of this week are Maple Syrup Imported Mezzani Maraschino Cher Cocoanuts Imported Sard] Peeled Aspai o today. Anything that you want fi uil wc can meet any needs that you may HH (The people w WATER IN FLOODED DISTRICTS RECEDING Ho Further Damage Is Now Apprehended. RELIEF COMMITTEE AT WORK. Conditions at Pateroon and Other Eastern Places Visited by the Late Flood Are Now Reported To Be Greatly Improved. 'Pnterson, N. J., Oct. 14.?The water in the flooded district continues to go down and no apprehension of further damage is felt. All the families have been taken from their houses and carol for by friends of the relief committee. About 1,000 honjcless are being eared for by the relief committee. It will be several days before a portion of the sufferers can returh to their homes, while many will have to begin all over again, their homes having been swept away. Some of the mills of the flooded districts which had to shut down, started today, but others are still idle, the machinery being badly damaged. Thousands of mill hands will be out of work for some time. A ft Ar M"1 n U'fltor roondoc frnm f V? r* buildings, damage and ruin is seen everywhere. Buildings that are found unsafe will be repaired or pulled down, and dwellings will not /e permitted to be re-occupied until tbey are lu a sanitary condition. Nearly every bridge and culvert on the highways in this vicinity was damaged or washed away, and It is believed that it will require at least half a million dollars to repair their damage. There is a scarcity of provisions on account of communication being out off from the outside world since Friday last. There has been almost a famine in milk, eggs and kerosene oil. LOSS TO MILL PROPERTY. Figured at $1,000,000 and May Go To Even a Higher Mark. Pasaaic, N. J., Oct. 14.?The water Is receding rapidly now in the flooded portion's of the city, and a maojrity of the homes In the Dundee section will be high and dry in another 21 hours. The death list of the flood victims here numbers three. A negro boy was seized with a fit brought on by excitement on Saturday and falling into the flooded cellar of his home, was drowned. Two men lyere seen on a raft In the river yesterday evidently .trying to save household goods. Suddenly the raft turned over and the men were thrown Into the water and swept away. The loss to mill property here is now figured at $1,000,000, and may go higher. Rome of the mills are expected to be in operation again before the week Is out. Man Call- r-> . r?: ? ~ 1 I i hi is di oicr ot n is uoaa i Brother. Now York, Oct. 14.?Johnson Clinae ) Hull, the oldest letter carrier In New fork, and possibly In the country", has 'allon denrt while standing beside tho 'offln containing the body of his brother William at the latter's home in Brooklyn. The doctors say he died from a broken heart. William Hull was 82 yearn old and l retired merchant. His brother Johnion was two years younger and the ,wo had boon inseparable during their long span cf lie. The death of his brother was a hard blow and he grieved deeply ovor his loss. At the close >f the funeral services he arose from 41s chair beside the coffin, and speaking in a low voice, bade farewell to 4ls brother. "You were the first to go," he said, 'my summons cannot come too soon." The old man's voice broke, he threw tils hands up and rank to the floor, lead. I v r t M. V > these to keep or to look at, ami we ar ioded public. And again we would ci ling to our customers our aim is to giv as can be conducted. <. i. 5 Premium ? Condens ries 5 Rolled I Pome ines I Frei ragus X Ca roin 2cc up to $1.50 per lb. in origin feel in this lino. When you need ho sell Fresh Groceries ? L. L. WAGNON 10,11 1111 RAILROAD MEN MEET. Annual Convention American Raa> sengor Agent*. New Orleans, Oct. 14?'Railroad men of all sections of the United States and Canada, many of them accompanied by their wives and families ^ are here to attend the annual co?r?ntlon of the American Association ?I General 'Passenger and Ticket Agents which opened today. Vice President F. I. Whitney presided at the session in the absence of President Rufglee. The session was executive. The moat important matter before the convex tlon today was the report of jiamoa Taylor of the legislative commlttae oa ticket scalpers, giving an aocount of some of the important result* thai have been arrived at during the yoar. The report of the fraternal society or ganlzed three years ago as an insurance adjunct, was also on the program. Warren J. Lynch, of the Big Four, will deliver the annual oration at aa open meeting tonight after Mayor Gap devlelle has welcomed the visitors. A public reception will follow. Kn-sas City and Cleveland art the active candidates for the next com ventlon. Ix>cal railroad men hATV arranged an extended program of. em tortalnment during the two days' as*r I #v? Master Horseshoer's Convention. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 14.?'The om ter horseshoers' twelfth annual coiV ventlon begun yesterday with a toT> nial welcoming meeting, took up bu? Iness today. The secretary'? repori showed that there had been a gain o| about 100 new local organizations sine? the last convention, making a total ol 399 local organizations. The presfc dent's report showed the organization to he in good financial condition. The report showed that the association had about $10,000 available for the estate llshment of college of horseshoeing. MDB ATTACKED CATHEDRAL, Further Disturbances Reported Frem Trans-Caucasia. St. Petersburg, Oct. 14.?Further rious disturbances in connection with the transfer of Armenian church property to the government occurred at Nakhltchevan, Trans-Caucasia, OcL 12. A mob took possession of the car thoiral there and drove out the elders. Tho Cossacks charged thg crowd sag numbers of persons were figured. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, Several persons, among them a ntun* her of women, were injured In Knox* ville when an electric car and trailer ran away on a steep hill. The moton man lost control of hJs car by th* failure of the brakes to work. A great gathering of former North Carolinann is now on at Greensboro* N. Ci, and will come to a close todny, A number of prominent men are on ths programme. Dr. W. P. Thirkield, formerly?! At lnnta, in an address to the EhrangeMo al association, charges that the out r ages' by negroes in the south are due to the prison system. He styled the convict lease system a "school foS crime." Addressing the Knights of Columbng in New York, Bourke Cochran declared that the practice of divorce waa ths greatest evil in the United States. AS between divorce and polygamy, he pr# ferrpd the latter. The McLaughlin wing of the Broolr ]rn npmnf>rn/?v h? hb?>i,Uj ? * 0 -- MHO UUIUMOU A UIIUUOI bearing a list of candidates with ths names of Grout and Fornea omitted. T>ato advices report a number ol wrecks due to the gale that aVept the Atlantic coast. The New Jersey cities were damaged millions of dollars. Illinois negroes have adopted resolutions denouncing the course of Booker T. Washington in approving of tht franchise laws in the south. More cases of yellow fever were re> ported at Laredo than on any day attics the outbreak of the epidemic. The infant death rate in Chicago has decreased over 50 per cent in tho last 12 years. 3 M El o glad to say thoy * >11 attention to the o the very highest ?)?)?) ?)?)?) Breakfast Bacon, ed Milk Oats istio Macaroni aoh Peas bbage ? al ) and \ chests. ?)?)?) frosh groceries at (?>)?)j?) ind treat you right.) I * , Mgr. |